What does Alt+F5 do?

Question

I meant to press Alt+F4 to close a window, but I accidently pressed the F5 key instead. When I press the Alt+F5 key, it makes my screen flicker or go black, but it comes back again. I'm curious as what this key combination does. I thought this would be the best place to post my question since it did something with the video.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

CSmith06 · Answer

No, it switches monitors btwn external and the regular lcd and then using both (you can hit it three times), hence the flicker and black, it was looking for an external monitor.

ryri · Answer

it could be an alternate mapping of FN+F8. I searched google and microsoft and came up empty on that key combination.

nkrick · Answer

I am not sure what Alt+F5 does.  I tried it on a compaq desktop and a Dell laptop.  On the Dell laptop I had the same results as you - the screen flashed.  On the desktop, nothing happened.  Maybe it is a Dell shortcut of some sort to refresh the display, or perhaps it is something built into a video driver?  The Laptop it happened on is running an ATI Radeon M9.  The desktop has integrated Intel Graphics.

Pineapplef · Answer

Alt+F5 make a refresh in the Opera Browers....:P Just joking around......

Rollie_R · Answer

All, I do not know of any command mapped to Alt+F5.  Fn+F8 is the key combination to switch from LCD to external monitor.

Frans ordelman · Answer

You can disable this function in the rigistry,

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ATI Technologies\Desktop\{5413DCBE-1BCE-4406-A6AC-D3BF883604D1}\Schemes\Environment\Switchamongstdisplays\Hotkey

Change the REG_DWORD value for the HOTKEY (default 474) to 0

SAMUEL_LEO · Answer

It's 'Switch amongst displays' at ATI Control Panel, Displays Scheme.

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What does Alt+F5 do?

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